Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD Very well said BD! Now I know why you are a successful writer and why I switched from being an English major to engineering. You expressed my feelings without offending the PC sensitive types. Jerry bdcolen wrote: > I feel a bit odd jumping to Jerry's defense :-), but - giving him the > benefit of the doubt - I believe that he was a bit awkwardly and more > than a bit politically incorrectly perhaps expressing a thought that I > had, and that was: > > Wouldn't one expect to see those whose kith and kin would be most > personally effected by a U.S. war against Iraq demonstrating against it? > And that being the case, isn't the real story the other folk > demonstrating, those whose interest is not simply personal, or related > to supporting co-religionists, but whose opposition to the war has roots > in their views of war, foreign policy, and U. S. power? > > That is what you meant, isn't it Jerry? ;-) > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Patrick > Jelliffe > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 5:49 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Protest pics > > --- Jerry Lehrer wrote: > > > It is only natural for those types to want to > > protect their own kind. > > Jerry, > > Would you be kind enough to leave your racism in the > closet with your old Kodachrome slides? > > Thanks, > > Patrick > > > > > bdcolen wrote: > > > > > The photos themselves are very strong, Brian, but > > I come away from the > > > two portfolios with two 'editorial' questions: > > > 1. Were the demonstrations in London as > > confrontational as the cop-heavy > > > portfolio would indicate, or were they largely as > > peaceful as most media > > > reports would indicate - and if the later is true, > > why did you > > > concentrate on the cops and on making things look > > tense? > > > 2. I'm aware that there are huge immigrant = and > > particularly Muslin - > > > groups in some UK cities - but were the London > > demonstrations Muslim > > > dominated, or did you make the editorial decision > > to shoot that way, and > > > if so, why? > > > > > > B. D. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] > > On Behalf Of animal > > > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 3:41 PM > > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Final Protest pics > > > > > > nice thanks simon > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <briandavidstevens@talk21.com> > > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:12 PM > > > Subject: [Leica] Final Protest pics > > > > > > > > > > > Just finished scanning the rest of the protest > > images, the folder is > > > > here > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/bds/folder-4110.html > > > > was luck enough to be shooting alongside Ian > > Berry of magnum, there > > > > were > > > quite a few magnum snapers out there, leicas ahoy! > > > > > > > > cheers > > > > B > > > > > > > > http://www.briandavidstevens.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------- > > > > talk21 your FREE portable and private address on > > the net at > > > http://www.talk21.com > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, see > > > > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html